4 Bible Verses about Oppression, Nature Of

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court?

who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation."

And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and avenged the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out against you; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.